When I got home from work last night, the LAST thing I wanted to do was go run.
Here are some of the excuses that ran through my head:
I worked late
I'm too tired
I'm so sore (I cross train once a week. On Tuesday, did nothing but various squats and push-ups for about 30 minutes straight...my butt is killing me!)
I'm hungry
I want to be with Summer
I have no clean running shorts
My blisters need one more day to heal
I should really vacuum
As those excuses were running through my head I started thinking about lies I could tell when someone asked me if I ran:
I DID run!
No...I had to work late and didn't get home 'til 9:30
I had to wash my hair
My car wouldn't start
I couldn't find my keys
I had to perform an emergency appendectomy on a goldfish
Summer ate my shoes
I know, I know! Only a terrible person would lie and say their senior Golden Baby did such a terrible thing.
So I ended up going for a run. No excuses. No lies. It sure would have been easy not to go but I did it for the doggies...and for the safety of goldfish everywhere (This may shock you...but I am NOT a goldfish surgeon)
Be well friends....I now have to go save the world! (lie)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Energy!
The Marathon Guru (Marty) has advised me to have energy bars or the like ready to keep me sustained during my long runs. I have figured to this point that I haven't run long enough to need food sustenance plus I really don't have anywhere to put it (no pockets).
I have been running my long runs on the bike path at the beach so I have been able to drink from the water fountains there since between my iPod and box of Kleenex, I don't really have enough hands to hold a bottle of water. (Up to this point I have REFUSED to wear one of those water bottle waist belts. Unfortunately, as I learned on my long run on Friday night (12 miles!!!), I'm gonna have to add that "hip" fashion adornment to my plethora of geekcessories...NICE!)
Anyway, on one of my shorter runs this week I just ran around the neighborhood. So no need for fuel. I usually start my runs pretty slow. First, to warm up and second because I usually feel like I am never gonna make it past a mile. Once I get to a half mile or so, I get used to it and am able to get into my groove. Groove being about a 12 minute mile.
So I'm running along and all of a sudden, a bug flies into my mouth and down my throat. (I later realized that I was just about to pass the local Cold Stone. I must have had my mouth open and my tongue hanging out without knowing it. Note to self...keep mouth closed when passing the Cold Stone).
Now don't be grossed out, it's just a bug...protein if you will. But I gotta tell you....it must have been a SUPER ENERGY PROTEIN BUG because I found myself speeding up. I had energy. Lightness of step. I was haulin'!!! I ended up running that night at a pace that averaged an 11 minute mile. Amazing since my first half mile is run at about a 13-14 minute pace and my normal pace after that is usually a 12 minute mile!
So there is something to that sustenance thing! Not that I ever doubted the Guru!
I wish I knew what kind of bug that was...
Peace out
I have been running my long runs on the bike path at the beach so I have been able to drink from the water fountains there since between my iPod and box of Kleenex, I don't really have enough hands to hold a bottle of water. (Up to this point I have REFUSED to wear one of those water bottle waist belts. Unfortunately, as I learned on my long run on Friday night (12 miles!!!), I'm gonna have to add that "hip" fashion adornment to my plethora of geekcessories...NICE!)
Anyway, on one of my shorter runs this week I just ran around the neighborhood. So no need for fuel. I usually start my runs pretty slow. First, to warm up and second because I usually feel like I am never gonna make it past a mile. Once I get to a half mile or so, I get used to it and am able to get into my groove. Groove being about a 12 minute mile.
So I'm running along and all of a sudden, a bug flies into my mouth and down my throat. (I later realized that I was just about to pass the local Cold Stone. I must have had my mouth open and my tongue hanging out without knowing it. Note to self...keep mouth closed when passing the Cold Stone).
Now don't be grossed out, it's just a bug...protein if you will. But I gotta tell you....it must have been a SUPER ENERGY PROTEIN BUG because I found myself speeding up. I had energy. Lightness of step. I was haulin'!!! I ended up running that night at a pace that averaged an 11 minute mile. Amazing since my first half mile is run at about a 13-14 minute pace and my normal pace after that is usually a 12 minute mile!
So there is something to that sustenance thing! Not that I ever doubted the Guru!
I wish I knew what kind of bug that was...
Peace out
Monday, July 20, 2009
Preparedness
Anyone who says that running is a cheap sport because you don't need any equipment obviously doesn't know what the heck they are talking about! Just throw on some shoes and go my eye!!!
Be well friends!
Geek out!
- I had to go out and buy the most expensive shoes I have ever bought (really)
- I had to go out and buy running shorts
- I had to go out and buy shirts that are "technical" shirts so that they make me feel "dry" when I'm really a sweaty mess
- I had to go out and buy socks that have no cotton in them so that moisture can be wicked away so I don't get blisters
- I got a blister anyway (so much for the expensive shoes and wicking socks!) so now I have to tape my toe
- I have to put sunblock on
- I have to put body glide on because my new shorts rub me weird
- I went out and bought a watch that times me, measures my heart rate and infuriates me when it tells me my recovery rate is FAIR (I'll give you fair you stupid piece of...)
- I have this band thing that attaches to my sunglasses so they don't fall off my face
- I have this little pouch that attaches to my shoe so that I can carry my keys
- I wear the COOLEST hat that says GRCGLA Rescue on it
- I have my iPod
- And, about 10 Kleenex because my nose runs faster than I do.
Be well friends!
Geek out!
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Temptation!
I completed my weekend challenge and I am not dead! Ten miles! The last 2 were hotter than the hinges of Hades, but I survived!
I ran on the path at the beach and it was very hot and crowded.
As I was heading back to my car, dripping wet and red as a beet (my face gets annoyingly red when I work out) a girl was standing outside of a frozen yogurt establishment. She asked me if I wanted to try a sample!
At first, I thought the heat had really gotten to me and I was hallucinating this wonderful vision...frozen yogurt? Free? So much like ice cream but not quite? Would I like a free sample of cold, hopefully yummy, coldness?
The personality to my left says, "Go ahead, eat the yogurt...technically it's NOT ice cream...no one would know that we ate it...GO AHEAD!"
The personality to my right says, "No, don't eat it...it might not taste good, then we will have ruined the challenge and we will feel horrible for cheating."
The personality that sits somewhere on the top of my head and usually gets me in trouble (that personality is in charge whenever I have to say to myself, "Did I say that out loud?") screams at the girl, "How dare you?! Offering me pseudo ice cream when we are trying to not eat sugar! Do you NOT know who we are? Don't you read our BLOG?"
Thankfully, this was all in my head and happened in a matter of seconds so that Me, the somewhat sane personality could just say, "No thanks."
I ran on the path at the beach and it was very hot and crowded.
As I was heading back to my car, dripping wet and red as a beet (my face gets annoyingly red when I work out) a girl was standing outside of a frozen yogurt establishment. She asked me if I wanted to try a sample!
At first, I thought the heat had really gotten to me and I was hallucinating this wonderful vision...frozen yogurt? Free? So much like ice cream but not quite? Would I like a free sample of cold, hopefully yummy, coldness?
The personality to my left says, "Go ahead, eat the yogurt...technically it's NOT ice cream...no one would know that we ate it...GO AHEAD!"
The personality to my right says, "No, don't eat it...it might not taste good, then we will have ruined the challenge and we will feel horrible for cheating."
The personality that sits somewhere on the top of my head and usually gets me in trouble (that personality is in charge whenever I have to say to myself, "Did I say that out loud?") screams at the girl, "How dare you?! Offering me pseudo ice cream when we are trying to not eat sugar! Do you NOT know who we are? Don't you read our BLOG?"
Thankfully, this was all in my head and happened in a matter of seconds so that Me, the somewhat sane personality could just say, "No thanks."
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Challenges!
First let me say Happy Belated 4th to everyone. I hope you were all happy and safe!
Second I would like to say 'thanks!' to Mr. Marty Friedman, aka, The Marathon Guru, for all of his advice so far. Marty has completed 17 marathons and has been kind enough to offer up his guruness to this rookie! His "ink blots" of wisdom have been so helpful! Thanks Marty!
Marty (The Marathon Guru) has challenged me to run 10 miles on my long run this weekend (last weekend I ran 8.5). Since I am a sucker for challenges, I have accepted.
I am also challenging myself by not indulging in my biggest downfall...SUGAR! I have an INSANE sweet tooth. I love the green, tropical fruit Starbursts, Now and Laters, cookies, ICE CREAM (chocolate malt crunch with those little nuggets of yummy malty goodness)...sigh...sorry can you tell I'm not handling this challenge very well?
So in light of these challenges I have either accepted or given myself, I have a challenge for all of YOU...
EAT MORE ICE CREAM!!!
I'm serious. I am not allowing myself sugar, so I want you guys to eat it for me...but THERE IS A CATCH!!!!
(This is also a way for me to know if anyone actually reads this blog since no one comments....I'm thinking I might have a couple of my personalities make some comments... ;))
For every scoop of ice cream you eat, throw a dollar into a kitty (a jar, not your pet). On October 1st, count the money in your kitty. Either bring it to Dogtoberfest or send it in to the PO Box (a check would be best...just put "scoops" in the memo). Make sure you send it before the marathon so we can add it to the total!
This is the best challenge! No more feeling guilty for that extra scoop! EAT MORE SCOOPS! If all of you eat 25 scoops of ice cream this summer...you will be sending me a baby step!!!! Baby Steps make miles!!! And miles make HAPPY GOLDENS!!!!
Eat wisely my friends...and tell me how HORRIBLE it was so that I don't wimper at the thought of crunchy, malty yumminess!!!!
Second I would like to say 'thanks!' to Mr. Marty Friedman, aka, The Marathon Guru, for all of his advice so far. Marty has completed 17 marathons and has been kind enough to offer up his guruness to this rookie! His "ink blots" of wisdom have been so helpful! Thanks Marty!
Marty (The Marathon Guru) has challenged me to run 10 miles on my long run this weekend (last weekend I ran 8.5). Since I am a sucker for challenges, I have accepted.
I am also challenging myself by not indulging in my biggest downfall...SUGAR! I have an INSANE sweet tooth. I love the green, tropical fruit Starbursts, Now and Laters, cookies, ICE CREAM (chocolate malt crunch with those little nuggets of yummy malty goodness)...sigh...sorry can you tell I'm not handling this challenge very well?
So in light of these challenges I have either accepted or given myself, I have a challenge for all of YOU...
EAT MORE ICE CREAM!!!
I'm serious. I am not allowing myself sugar, so I want you guys to eat it for me...but THERE IS A CATCH!!!!
(This is also a way for me to know if anyone actually reads this blog since no one comments....I'm thinking I might have a couple of my personalities make some comments... ;))
For every scoop of ice cream you eat, throw a dollar into a kitty (a jar, not your pet). On October 1st, count the money in your kitty. Either bring it to Dogtoberfest or send it in to the PO Box (a check would be best...just put "scoops" in the memo). Make sure you send it before the marathon so we can add it to the total!
This is the best challenge! No more feeling guilty for that extra scoop! EAT MORE SCOOPS! If all of you eat 25 scoops of ice cream this summer...you will be sending me a baby step!!!! Baby Steps make miles!!! And miles make HAPPY GOLDENS!!!!
Eat wisely my friends...and tell me how HORRIBLE it was so that I don't wimper at the thought of crunchy, malty yumminess!!!!
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Inspiration
To the left is a picture of my Golden rescue, Summer and she is an inspiration. But she is not the only thing that inspires me to run.
I am inspired by the dogs that we have rescued who come to us broken and unloved. Who, with just a bit of affection and some wonderful vet care turn into amazingly beautiful, loving dogs. I am in awe of some of the most amazing transformations from scared and miserable to happy and loved.
I am inspired by the people in this Rescue who take time (a significant amount for some)out of their lives to help these wonderful dogs in the many ways that make this rescue what it is...THE BEST. I am in awe of all that you do.
I am inspired by the people in this Rescue who bring these dogs into their lives and homes who then send them on to their forever homes. We have some amazing fosters in this rescue and I am in awe of the gift you give these dogs in their transition.
Sorry if this sounds totally cheeseball but every person and every Golden (rescued or not) associated with this Rescue is my inspiration. Without all of you, we would be nothing and I am honored to be a part of this incredibly amazing organization.
I am inspired by the dogs that we have rescued who come to us broken and unloved. Who, with just a bit of affection and some wonderful vet care turn into amazingly beautiful, loving dogs. I am in awe of some of the most amazing transformations from scared and miserable to happy and loved.
I am inspired by the people in this Rescue who take time (a significant amount for some)out of their lives to help these wonderful dogs in the many ways that make this rescue what it is...THE BEST. I am in awe of all that you do.
I am inspired by the people in this Rescue who bring these dogs into their lives and homes who then send them on to their forever homes. We have some amazing fosters in this rescue and I am in awe of the gift you give these dogs in their transition.
Sorry if this sounds totally cheeseball but every person and every Golden (rescued or not) associated with this Rescue is my inspiration. Without all of you, we would be nothing and I am honored to be a part of this incredibly amazing organization.
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